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An Ocean Full Of Stories
$29.99
An Ocean Full Of Stories  Dive into a watery world in An Ocean Full of Stories, an illustrated anthology of folk tales from around the globe.
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Atlas Of The Imaginary Places
$34.99
An atlas where children can dive in and explore all their favorite imaginary worlds, from Peter Pan's Neverland to Alice's Wonderland to King Arthur's Camelot. Every journey is an adventure, even more so if done in fantastic places created in our imaginations. This book is a collection of some unmissable places from classic literature: Treasure Island, Atlantis, Oz. There are 10 in all. It reads as a travel diary from a prior explorer who visited these lands. This charming guide highlights the main sights and facts about each location and features captivating illustrations. AGES: 7 plus AUTHOR: Altea Villa is a content and ghost writer with a doctorate in philosophy. Villa has authored numerous magazine articles and children's books. Andrea Alemanno has published numerous works with Italian and foreign publishers. In 2013 he was commended as part of the annual exhibition for the Society of llustrators. In fact, over the years his illustrations have been selected for various Italian competitions including the Lucca Junior and Talent Next ; BCBF 2021 (shortlisted); iJungle 2019; IBA vol 7 and 8; and Annual of AI 2019, 2016, 2014. SELLING POINTS: . A guided journey across 10 of the most-known-and-beloved fictional lands . The perfect bed-time book or tool for dreaming up new and imaginative adventures together!
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Fantastic Female Adventurers: Truly Amazing Tales Of Women Exploring The World
$29.99
Do you know how it feels to run for 1,900 miles? Or to look down at the earth from a space station? Or to swim alongside a hungry shark? Fantastic Female Adventurers by Lily Dyu is a collection of fourteen exciting and inspirational stories about the women that do. Follow them on their incredible journeys around the globe. Ski to the North Pole with Ann Daniels while watching out for polar bears and lethal cracks in the ice. Feel the air beneath your feet as you climb high on a cliff face with Gwen Moffat. Experience the thrill of racing down rocky Himalayan trails with champion runner Mira Rai. Sail the oceans with Ellen MacArthur, the girl who saved up her lunch money to buy her first boat. You'll even fly into space with Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman. And join Lily on other awesome adventures with Anna McNuff, Sarah Outen, Misba Khan and more taking you from Everest to the South Pole and all the places in between. Beautifully illustrated by artist and adventurer Chellie Carroll, Fantastic Female Adventurers will leave you thinking: I can do that, too! AGES: 8 plus AUTHOR: Lily Dyu is an author and freelance journalist with a passion for the outdoors, wild places and nature. Her adventures have seen her cycling in Ladakh on the loftiest roads of the Himalaya, running across England, Scotland and Wales, and also around Manaslu the eighth highest mountain in the world. Lily studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge. After a successful career in technology while writing in her free time she retrained as a journalist. Through her writing, she loves to share her love of the outdoors and wonder for the natural world. She has written widely for magazines and journals and is the author of Fastpacking: Multi-Day Running Adventures and Brecon Beacons Trail Running. Her books for children include Fantastic Female Adventurers, and Earth Heroes (Nosy Crow), inspirational stories about people like Greta Thunberg who are changing the world.
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Find Me On The Coast
$29.99
Find Me On The Coast'Let's walk down a winding path to where the sand meets the sea' Embark on a journey around our world's coastlines and meet the fascinating plants and animals who call them home. From towering kelp forests and coral reefs to rocky shores and muddy mangroves, discover how life thrives and survives on the coast in the most remarkable ways. This beautifully illustrated book for young nature lovers is the first in the Find Me Series by award-winning author/illustrator Jess McGeachin.
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Legendary Heroes
$42.99
Explore the adventures of more than 100 heroes of ancient legend, brought to life in this stunning compendiumMeet the bold, the brave, and the brilliant - over 100 individual heroes of legend from cultures around the world are profiled in an engaging and fun way!Legends from every corner of the globe are full of heroes. Legendary Heroes celebrates their timeless heroism, incredible bravery, supreme strength, keen intelligence, and exceptional self-sacrifice.<p>Join Beowulf as he comes face-to face with a fire-breathing dragon, sail with Sindbad as he grapples with gargantuan giants and sinister snakes, watch Maui lift the sky, and ride into battle with warrior princess Yennenga. This stunning visual guide brings to life a truly eclectic mix of more than 100 heroes. Some are natural born champions, others find courage in the face of supernatural monsters or vengeful rivals, and still more go on epic quests and arduous voyages to find wisdom and enlightenment. But they all come together as the stars of the most magnificent and memorable tales ever told.Featuring eye-catching photography, authentic artworks and terrific tales from cultures around the world, and inspirational illustrations, Legendary Heroes is the ultimate page-turner for budding heroes everywhere...</p>
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Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
$26.99
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden Garden Glen is a very bland place. Every house and every garden looks exactly like the other. That is ... until Millie Fleur La Fae comes to town. Up on a scruffy hill, beside a ramshackle house, Millie Fleur plants her marvelously strange garden, filled with Sneezing Stickyweed, Fanged Fairymoss, and Grumpy Gilliflower. Millie Fleur finds it enchanting, but the townspeople of Garden Glen call it poison! But Millie Fleur is proud of her beloved little garden. So if some townspeople want to be sticks in the mud, she'll take matters into her own hands and find the kindred spirits who appreciate everything the garden has to offer. Millie Fleur's Poison Garden is a reminder to embrace everything that makes us wonderfully weird. Perfect for readers of The Creepy Carrots and fans of the Addams Family movies.
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Omnibird
$37.99
This highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds brings the art of observology to the science of ornithology, showing the many ways these familiar creatures are remarkable if you take time to look. Have you seen a bird today? Probably, unless you’re reading this in bed. Did you truly look at the bird? To open your ornithological eyes and ears, meet the Omnibird. An Omnibird contains the essential birdiness of every bird—it was born from an egg, has feathers, two legs, a beak and gizzard, perhaps some premium features like spurs or a curuncle. Once you recognize the Omnibird, you’ll see the remarkable in any bird. You’ll be expert at finding extraordinary things around you, just by looking.Omnibird describes 12 common birds from habitats around the world—eagles, owls and seabirds, starlings, ducks and swans. You will explore the incredible internal structure of bird bones, learn what a gizzard stone is for, meet the tiny creatures that live on birds, and find the fascinating in eggs, bird poop, feathers, and flight patterns. Now you’re an Omnibird expert, you’ll look at every bird in new ways every day.
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The Last Egg
$24.99
The Last EggWhen Mother Bird and Father Bird discover a large blue egg in their nest, they treat it as their own. A beautiful story about love and kindness and loyalty in the face of adversity, from the award-winning creators of many much-loved picture books including Iceberg and When You're Older.
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The Stuff That Stuff Is Made Of
$34.99
Jonathan Drori CBE is a Trustee of The Eden Project and Cambridge Science Centre, an Ambassador for the WWF and was for nine years a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and The Woodland Trust. He is on the board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Geographical Society. He continues to take a keen interest in plants; especially economic botany, ethnopharmacology and plant genetic resources, and has accompanied several Kew botanical expeditions, making short films about their discoveries.Raxenne Maniquiz is an illustrator and graphic designer based in the Philippines, whose work is often bursting with native botanicals. No matter the subject matter, her skillful handling of deep, painterly strokes and brilliant contrasting colours always breeds beautiful results. Raxenne's finely textured illustrations and signature colourful backgrounds have emblazoned branding campaigns, product packaging, apparel, stationery and murals, not to mention lighting up multiple publications.Jiatong Liu is a Chinese born illustrator who lives in London. He went to Kingston university to study illustration in 2019. After finishing his master's degree, he became a freelance illustrator and teacher in 2021. As a young talent illustrator, he has won several prestigious awards for his illustration work during these two years, including Communication Arts, Young Ones ADC and 3X3 award. Liu has developed quite a distinctive style that reflects the visuals of his wildest dreams. His ability to manifest the world from his imagination into these unique pieces makes him a true visionary.
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The Tale Of Mrs Tiggy-winkle Picture Book
$16.99
The Tale Of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle Picture BookA brand new picture book edition of this much-loved classic taleA brand new picture book edition of this beloved classic tale that celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2025Her little black nose went sniffle, sniffle, snuffleand her eyes went twinkle, twinkleand underneath her cap - where Lucie had yellow curls -that little person had prickles!A little girl called Lucie meets a remarkable new friend, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle,in this charming and iconic Beatrix Potter tale.Now available in this new large format,perfect for families to read and enjoy together.
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Where The River Runs Free
$29.95
From the author of the CBCA award-winning book Where the Lyrebird Lives comes this delightful family adventure celebrating the magic, surprise and precious moments of a walk along the river.
